WACO, Texas – The Slippery Rock University football team slid one spot to No. 25 in the NCAA Division II national rankings after the American Football Coaches Association released its updated national poll Monday.
 
The Rock extend their ranked streak that began 2,492 days ago and have now been nationally ranked in every poll released since the final poll of the 2018 season.
 
Slippery Rock, which won 49-7 on the road Saturday at Seton Hill, slipped to No. 25 after being in a three-way tie for No. 24 last week.  
 
The top five in this week's poll were unchanged. Defending national champion Ferris State remained atop the poll with all 31 first place votes, while Harding remained second, West Florida remained third and Kutztown stayed at No. 4. Western Colorado stayed at No. 5.
 
Two teams dropped out of the top 10 to create a little movement near the top of the poll with the rest of the top 10 consisting of Augustana at No. 6, Grand Valley State at No. 7, West Alabama at No. 8, Colorado State Pueblo at No. 9 and Central Washington at No. 10.
 
Kutztown and Slippery Rock are the only two PSAC teams to be ranked in the top 25 this week after California (Pa.) dropped out of the poll after falling in back-to-back weeks to Seton Hill and Edinboro. The Vulcans are the second team outside the top 25 this week receiving 27 points in the voting. Indiana (Pa.), which had a bye week last week before traveling to SRU this week, is the only other PSAC team mentioned in the "others receiving votes" section of the poll.
 
No. 14 Virginia Union of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and No. 23 Johnson C. Smith of the CIAA round out the four Super Region One teams in this week's top 25.
 
Frostburg State (Mountain East Conference), Charleston (MEC) and Assumption (Northeast 10) join California (Pa.) and Indiana (Pa.) in the "others receiving votes" section of the poll to give Super Region One nine teams mentioned in this week's poll.
 
Slippery Rock will host Indiana (Pa.) Saturday at 1 p.m. on Homecoming in a game that carries major postseason implications for both teams. An IUP win Saturday puts the Crimson Hawks in the driver's seat in the PSAC West. An IUP win would also mark the third regular season loss for SRU and likely end any chances of a seventh straight NCAA Playoff bid. A Rock win Saturday would give IUP it's second overall loss and send the PSAC West standings into a frenzy with nearly every team in the division still alive. It would also leave the three traditional heavyweights in the division, SRU, Cal and IUP, all with at least two losses entering the final month of the regular season, giving the other teams in the division a chance to upset the status quo. The last time a team other than SRU, Cal or IUP represented the West in the PSAC title game was 2010 when Mercyhurst won the division.
 
A look at the updated AFCA national poll can be found below. This week's D2football.com poll is available HERE and does not include any PSAC teams other than Kutztown this week.
 
AFCA DIVISION II NATIONAL RANKINGS
Oct. 13, 2025

Rank	Team (1st votes)	W-L	Pts.	Prev.
1	Ferris St. (31)	6-0	775	1
2	Harding	6-0	744	2
3	West Florida	6-0	707	3
4	Kutztown *	6-0	685	4
5	Western Colorado	6-0	611	5
6	Augustana (S.D.)	7-0	603	7
7	Grand Valley St.	4-1	575	8
8	West Alabama	5-0	525	9
9	Colorado St.-Pueblo	6-1	520	11
10	Central Washington	5-1	510	13
11	Minnesota St.	6-1	435	14
12	Pittsburg St.	5-2	409	15
13	UT Permian Basin	5-1	396	6
14	Virginia Union *	5-1	342	17
15	UIndy	6-1	318	18
16t.	Findlay	6-0	305	19
16t.	Minnesota-Duluth	6-1	305	10
18	Delta St.	5-1	238	20
19	Northwest Missouri St.	5-1	219	22
20	UNC Pembroke	6-1	176	23
21	Angelo St.	4-2	151	12
22	Ashland	5-1	122	t-24
23	Johnson C. Smith *	5-1	90	t-24
24	Benedict	6-0	77	NR
25	SLIPPERY ROCK *	4-2	54	t-24

Dropped Out: California (Pa.) (16)*^, Frostburg St. (21)*
 
Others Receiving Votes: Emory & Henry, 36; California (Pa.), 27*^; Southern Arkansas, 26; Henderson St., 25; Frostburg St., 21*; Indiana (Pa.), 15*^; Nebraska-Kearney, 13; Charleston, 9*; Chadron St., 7; Albany St., 2; Assumption, 1*; Michigan Tech, 1.

* NCAA Super Region One school
^ SRU opponent in 2025



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